News Kirkuk Governorship Dispute: What Does Law Say About Position’s Future? The lack of an explicit legal provision addressing vacancies in the governor’s office has triggered a dispute between the governor of Kirkuk Mohammed Saman... Four Parliamentary Terms, Leading Role: Political Career of Kirkuk-Born Lawen Redar in Sweden Lawen Redar, 37, originally from Kirkuk, has secured enough votes to enter the Swedish Parliament for a fourth term after running on the Social Democratic... Fire at Beji Refinery, Smoke Over Arafa: Fate of 610 Workers Hangs in Balance Hundreds of workers and engineers from the Kirkuk refinery in the Arafa neighborhood gathered outside the Kirkuk governor’s office on Tuesday, demanding... Report Equal Work, Unequal Benefits: Widening Divide Between Public and Private Sector Employees After six years of exhausting shifts, sleepless nights, and long hours on duty, Shokh Abdullah decided she could no longer continue working at a private... Shingal (Sinjar) Crisis: Baghdad’s One-Month Deadline Raises Concerns in Erbil Iraq’s federal government has secured Turkey’s commitment to withdraw its forces and is working to integrate fighters from the Shingal Resistance Units... Anti-ISIS Altun Kupri Operation: “Indiscriminate Fire” Murad Zana, 14, was killed during clashes on the evening of Sunday, September 27, between Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service forces and two ISIS militants in... Follow-ups Currency Exchange Rate Changes: Protecting Government Revenues at Expense of Citizens Abu Abdullah, a retired resident of Mosul who receives his pension in Iraqi dinars IQD, considers himself among the biggest losers from the recent exchange... YBŞ Agrees to Disarm, Military Wing Hesitant Over Details The Shingal (Sinjar) Resistance Units (YBŞ) have agreed to disarm in Shingal district home to the Ezidi (Yazidi) community by integrating their forces into... Media, Activists Intensify Dispute Between Kirkuk Governor and Provincial Council Chairman When Mohammed Samaan Agha took office as Kirkuk governor last April, his relationship with Provincial Council Chairman Mohammed Al-Hafiz was framed around...
